Town Haul: Fraud Mayor Facing More Jail Time For Perjury

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Town Haul: Fraud Mayor Facing More Jail Time For Perjury

BRISBANE, Australia — Former Auburn mayor Salim Mehajer has spent most of the past five months in segregation, held in his prison cell for 23 hours a day, and could face years more in prison for lying to the courts. The judge who will sentence him for two counts of perverting the course of justice and one count of making a […]

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